The director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights, Alexander Brod, stated that surveys show xenophobia and other racist expressions are prevalent in 50 percent of Russians.
The network will also air matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Portuguese, as Telemundo holds the Spanish-language rights.
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The country had previously planned to bid for the FIBA EuroBasket 2017, but were instructed by the Russian Government to abandon their plans due to the amount of sporting events already due to take place in the nation around the same time (most notably the 2018 FIFA World Cup).
Moscow Region Stadium is a description of a proposed football stadium which will be built in Makhachkala, Russia in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
1. Extension of Sormovskaya Line with construction of station Strelka, it will be constructed near planned new Stadium for 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The union's current president is actually Amos Adamu, but was banned for three years from football activity by FIFA over vote-buying claims for the bids of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.
In May 2011, Lord Triesman gave evidence in the British Parliament that Makudi had demanded the TV rights to a friendly between England and the Thai national team in return for voting for England to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.